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Paugus Charitable Trust

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$5k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
17
Grants FY2025
13
Organizations funded FY2024
23%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$250
Largest grant, FY2025
$1,000
Organizations funded a year
10 to 27
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
7
Total assets, FY2025
$122k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 23% of the organizations Paugus Charitable Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 3% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $850 went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesArts & CultureHealthInternationalCivil RightsEducationOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving17$5k53%
FY202413$26k23%
FY202312$13k17%
FY202227$13k22%
FY202123$13k22%
FY202024$13k67%
FY201915$7k53%
FY201810$6k30%
90% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$41kArts & Culture$33kEnvironment$15kHousing & Shelter$4kInternational$2kRecreation & Sports$2kHealth$1kCivil Rights$1kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

NH
WA
MN
IL
NY
MA
PA
CA
MO
VA
MD
NC
DC
GA
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 39 grantees
All grantees of Paugus Charitable Trust by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Metropolitan College of New York$28,38580%
MANHATTAN GRAPHICS CENTER INC DBA MGC Community Print Studio$20,25092%
Organization for Tropical Studies Inc$11,40070%
American Museum of Natural History$9,00080%
Lakes Region Conservation Trust$3,15090%
Project Home$1,50060%
Peggy Browning Fund$1,00030%
Wonalancet Out Door Club$9003n/a
Hand in Hand$87540%
Somerville Homeless Coalition Inc$77530%
Aspire Education Project$75020%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$75030%
Tamworth Community Nurse Association Inc$70060%
Historic Districts Council Inc$70020%
Tamworth Outing Club Inc$6005n/a
International Rescue Committee INC$50020%
The Coalition of Immokalee Workers Inc$50010%
Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression Inc$50010%
Access Reproductive Justice$50010%
New York Public Radio$50020%
Community Initiatives Inc$50010%
Massachusetts Coalition for the Homeless Inc$40020%
Greater Boston Food Bank Inc$40020%
Pine Street Inn Inc$37520%
The Society for the Study of Evolution$30010%
The Brotherhood Sister Sol Inc$30010%
New York Foundation for the Arts Inc$25010%
Pen American Center Inc$2501n/a
New Hampshire Public Radio Inc$2501n/a
Alameda County Community Food Bank$25010%
Council on Library and Information Resources$20010%
Urban Health Plan Inc$20010%
National Center for Science Education$20010%
Smithsonian Institution$20010%
National Domestic Workers Alliance Inc$12510%
Refugee & Immigrant Center for Education & Legal Services$10010%
The Tamworth Foundation$10010%
Urban Revival Inc$10010%
Hias Inc$10010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 24 recipients with no EIN on record ($20k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Paugus Charitable Trust supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMetropolitan College of New York: $28,385 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetMANHATTAN GRAPHICS CENTER INC DBA MGC Community Print Studio: $20,250 over 9y, 2.0% of budgetOrganization for Tropical Studies Inc: $11,400 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Museum of Natural History: $9,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetLakes Region Conservation Trust: $3,150 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetProject Home: $1,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetPeggy Browning Fund: $1,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetHand in Hand: $875 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSomerville Homeless Coalition Inc: $775 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAspire Education Project: $750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $750 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTamworth Community Nurse Association Inc: $700 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetHistoric Districts Council Inc: $700 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Coalition of Immokalee Workers Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFoundation for Individual Rights and Expression Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAccess Reproductive Justice: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNew York Public Radio: $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCommunity Initiatives Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMassachusetts Coalition for the Homeless Inc: $400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGreater Boston Food Bank Inc: $400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPine Street Inn Inc: $375 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Society for the Study of Evolution: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Brotherhood Sister Sol Inc: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNew York Foundation for the Arts Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAlameda County Community Food Bank: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCouncil on Library and Information Resources: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUrban Health Plan Inc: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNational Center for Science Education: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSmithsonian Institution: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNational Domestic Workers Alliance Inc: $125 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRefugee & Immigrant Center for Education & Legal Services: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Tamworth Foundation: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUrban Revival Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHias Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 35.

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Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Boston Foundation IncMA11.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Boston Foundation Inc · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · American Endowment Foundation · Network for Good · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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How do I get to Paugus Charitable Trust?

Find your warmest path to Paugus Charitable Trust through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

About Paugus Charitable Trust

How much does Paugus Charitable Trust give?
Paugus Charitable Trust reported 17 grants totaling $5,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 27 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Paugus Charitable Trust fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (38%), Arts & Culture (31%), Environment (14%).
Who are Paugus Charitable Trust's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Metropolitan College of New York ($28k), MANHATTAN GRAPHICS CENTER INC DBA MGC Community Print Studio ($20k), Organization for Tropical Studies Inc ($11k).
Does Paugus Charitable Trust fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 23% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Paugus Charitable Trust accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as Paugus Charitable Trust?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Boston Foundation Inc, Silicon Valley Community Foundation, The Pfizer Foundation Inc.
Where is Paugus Charitable Trust based?
Paugus Charitable Trust is based in NY.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 63 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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